Novel Research: Illegal cigarettes trade in Romania soars to 16.9pct in May
The cigarettes smuggling increased in May 2016 to a market share of 16. percent, as compared to 14.6pct in March, show data released on Tuesday by Novel Research.The North-Est region ranks first in cigarettes smuggling, with a black market share that beats the past seven-year record, exceeding 50 per cent.
Following are the South-West and West regions, with important shares (26pct and 25pct, respectively). From the origin point of view, the weight of the “cheap whites” is increasing (+3.8pct against March) and continues to hold the market’s highest share (57.4pct) of the total black market. On the other hand, the products from Moldova are down (minus 4.5 percentage points from March, until 14.7pct), while those from Ukraine and Serbia maintain a constant level (20.4pct, respectively 3.4pct).
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